Chap. 2 .Seet,z. Louking unt~ 1tfus. Book.IV. Pare. V. firil: moveable, and through thofe condenfe and folid waters of the Chrifiallinc heaven ; nor il:ood he frill till he came to thofe doores and gates of the empyreal heave,1,called the heaven of heavens . in all this tryumphant glorious march fome tell u·s.of an heav~nly harmony made by thofc quirill:ets of heaven, the blelfed Angels: fomegoingbefore,andfome~pingafter, t.hey ch.1nt Cypr. in Serm. his pr~ti{es_ana Jing HaLlelujahs; and that IS the meantng of the a[cen[. Pfalmift, God is gone up with a fhout, the Lordwith the found of d Pfat. 47 . r. · Tr 11 mpet. In this meditation palfe not over thy duty, which immediately follows,Jing praiJes unto God, (ing praife s, jing praifls Ver. 6, unto our J(ing,jing praifes.- Sing unto God, jing prai[es to ?Jis Pfal.68,f. Name, extol/ him that rideth upon the heavens, by his 7:f..!me {ah, and rejoyce brfore him. Thou hail: great caufe 0 my foul to praife him,and to rejoyce before him, efpecially ifthou confiderell that Chrift afcended not for himfelfe but alfo for ,thee; it is God in our nature that is gone up to heaven, what ever God acted on the perfun ofChrift, that he did as in thy behalfe, an~ he meanes to act the very fame on thee; Chrill as a publick perfon af~ended up to heaven; thy intereft is in this very afcenfion of Jefus Chrift; and therefore doft thou confider thy head as [oaring up? 0 let every member praife his Name, let thy tongue .(called thy glory) glory in this, and trumpet out his praifes, that in refpect ofthydutyitmaybeverified, Chrift ug~ne upwithajlmtt, the ' Lord witb the'foundof t1 Trumpet. And yet ftay not by the way,but confider further;Chrift being now arrived at heavens doores, thofe heavenly Spirits that ac,. companyed him began to fay, lift up your heads 0 ye gates, evm lift up your felveJ,ye everlafling daons, and the King ofglory foal/ Pfal,t4 7· come in! to whom fome of the Angels that were within, not ignorant of his perfon, but admiring his MajeHy and· glory, faid againe, who is this King of glorl? and then th~y anfwered, the Lordftrol4g and mighty, the Lord mighty in bat tel; and thereupon Ver. 8. tho_fe twdve gates of the holJ City, of new reruf,dem opened of Rev. t '· p; the1rm~n accord lind Jefus Chrift with all his miniftring Spirits entred 10. 0 my foul, how iliould this heighten thy joy, and enlarge thy comforts, in that <::brill: is now received up into glory ? every f:ght ofChrift is glorious, and in every fight thou fhoul.dll wa1te .on the L_ord Jefus Chri£1: for fome glorious mani· feftations of htmfelfe. Come, live up to the rate of this great T t c t t - m~·fiery; _
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